English adjective: carnivorous | |||
1. | carnivorous relating to or characteristic of carnivores | ||
Samples | The lion and other carnivorous animals. | ||
2. | carnivorous (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals | ||
Samples | Carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects. | ||
Similar | flesh-eating, meat-eating, piscivorous, predaceous, predacious, zoophagous | ||
Domain category | flora, plant, plant life | ||
Antonyms | herbivorous, insectivorous, omnivorous | ||